NZ Deaf News: Spring 1963 (Vol. 1, No. 1)

Some of the items featured in the first ever issue of the ‘New Zealand Deaf News’, the Spring 1963 issue (Vol. 1, No. 1):

  • District ‘Round-Up’ from Auckland Deaf Society, Christchurch Deaf Club, Manawatu Deaf Club and Wellington Deaf Society.
  • A report on the NZ Deaf Societies Convention Conference, with agreement to form a national body called the ‘New Zealand Deaf Amateur Sports Association’.
  • Tidbits of news from Deaf people across New Zealand, and events around the world.
  • Deaf Organisations
  • TV/Media

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Jennifer Brain (Shearer)
Jennifer Brain (Shearer)
Joan Bailey
Joan Bailey
John Hunt
John Hunt
John McRae
John McRae
Keith Gordon
Keith Gordon
Ken Brain
Ken Brain
Laurie Schischka
Laurie Schischka
Margaret Coutts
Margaret Coutts
Mary Johnson
Mary Johnson
Owen Gibbons
Owen Gibbons
Patreena Bryan
Patreena Bryan
Peter F Murray
Peter F Murray
Sylvia Schischka (Ring)
Sylvia Schischka (Ring)
Vernon Pope
Vernon Pope
Taonga source:
New Zealand Deaf News
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, DN1963-1-1-MJN
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